United Kingdom drilling News

The first of two Claxton contributions to the giant Tombua–Landana project is not that easy to spot, even though it is fundamental to this world-class project.

A unique testing rig has been designed, supplied and delivered by Froude Hofmann for mining and drilling specialists Boart Longyear.

Petrochemical infrastructure development is driven by growth in newly industrialised nations turning to the production of polymer products, and those which have a high demand for fertilisers and fuel additives.

Over the next decade, global demand for oil & gas is set to rapidly increase as rising populations and economic growth help to drive the industry. This will create a need for additional oil & gas infrastructure to be constructed.

Oil demand remains high despite the uncertainty in the global economy of late. Discoveries of light easy-to-produce crude oil are decreasing, with less than 10 billion barrels a year added to reserves over the last ten years.

CCS technology consists of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from industrial or utility plants and storing it in secure reservoirs, typically depleted oil and gas fields and saline aquifers.

The oil & gas virtual reality training and simulation market is being driven by a combination of increasing demand for oil & gas, the retirement of the baby boomer generation, improving technologies, and increasing safety concerns.

A combination of high oil prices, oversupply of natural gas, increasing global energy demands, and improving extraction technologies is creating a renewed interest in the gas to liquids market.

Visiongain's The Oilfield Chemicals Market 2011-2021 report details the prospects for this dynamic energy sector with detailed forecasts from 2011-2021.

Visiongain's latest report, The Unconventional Gas Market 2011-2021: Shale Gas, Tight Gas, CBM & Methane Hydrate predict significant growth across the 4 main types of unconventional gas: Shale Gas, Tight Gas, Coalbed Methane & Methane Hydrate.

The Advanced Oil & Gas Exploration Technologies Market 2011-2021 is Visiongain's latest energy report, analysing how this important market will develop over the next ten years.

World energy demand is growing at an incredible pace. As a result of rapid growth in demand for energy, conventional oil & gas fields are being depleted rapidly.

The Arctic Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (E&P) Market 2011-2021 report will be a valuable source of information to those already involved in the Arctic oil and gas E&P market and to those wishing to enter this pivotal market in the future.

The outlook of firms drilling oil in Britain has improved in the second quarter of 2011 from the previous three months, as shown in data produced by Oil & Gas UK on Wednesday.

It’s the billion dollar question for all offshore drilling giants: could the Deepwater Horizon disaster have been avoided somehow?

Visiongain's The Oil Shale Market 2011-2021 report details the prospects for this dynamic energy sector with detailed forecasts. The report will be valuable to those already involved in the oil shale market or to those wishing to enter.

Join industry professionals at SMi's CPD accredited conference from 2nd - 3rd November 2011, Central London, UK. For further information and the opportunity to register, please visit the website.

A significant number of platforms in the UK sector of the North Sea are fast approaching or have already exceeded their original design life, typically specified as either 20 or 25 years.

Seadrill said Monday that it had entered into a $530 million deal with the Jurong shipyard in Singapore to construct a new jack-up drilling rig, and that it has brokered a five-year deal with ConocoPhillips for the oil firm to utilize the rig.

Onshore E&P is becoming increasingly popular as old mines and wells become economically viable to explore and process and will continue to grow as more strategies are developed in this increasingly competitive and dynamic sector.

Brunei Shell Petroleum announced a "significant" new oil discovery Monday in the coastal waters offshore the southeast Asian sultanate.

Unconventional gas resources are vital in meeting global energy demands and with substantial reservoirs still untapped, unconventional gas is a serious method of reducing dependency on gas imports and increasing energy security.

T820 Series is designed for challenging inclinometer applications in space restricted areas

New technology, high speed air turbine spindles for machine tools and robotics applications are now available in UK and Ireland. These spindles offer faster, cleaner, more efficient production for milling, polishing, drilling, routing and deburring

Leading operators and strategists are shrugging off anxieties to assemble in Houston to discuss the best steps to take in further developing the shale industry.

GlobalData has published the new report, “Impact of the Financial Crisis on Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Investment” that focuses on the key challenges and issues faced by exploration and production companies.

A new practical training course for drilling rig operators.

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